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Saturday, 23 June, an enthusiastic group from Dial-a-Cab made
the journey to Richmond Athletic sports ground to part take in a
Nomura-sponsored charity-raising event for a the NSPCC.
Arriving in bright sunshine, they booked in and received their goodie bags - which included a towel. Little did they know this would be the most used piece of equipment throughout the day! They were given a talk on heath and safety and the look of apprehension said it all. The games started with great passion, team members not realising that certain muscles had not been exercised for several years. Adding to the hazards of the day, rain clouds suddenly gathered and the monsoon |
DaC at Nomura International’s "It’s a Knock
Out" day! |
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season arrived in Richmond! This was to be
the order of the day, with the rain pouring down every 90
minutes!
The first game had four team members using one pair of skis in unison, but unfortunately for Dial-a-Cab our lead person had a problem distinguishing his left from his right, causing considerable mayhem! The rest of the day was taken up with contests involving inflatable obstacles, buckets of water and liquid soap! But despite the rain, spirits weren’t dampened and |
everyone had a great time. The winning team came from Nomura, who it must be said had previous experience of this type of contest. Although Dial-a-Cab came eleventh out of twelve, we have vowed to return next year and do better. More importantly, lots of money was raised for the NSPCC for their 'Full Stop' campaign to combat cruelty against children. | ||
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DAC DRIVER’S NARROW ESCAPE "I definitely don’t like white transit vans," say Lee! |
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| Lee Menzies
(K45) is beginning to get a phobia about white Transit
vans! In September 2005, his cab-at-the-time was written-off
after having been seriously shunted. Now in June 2007, a Ford
Transit that had jumped a red traffic light in the Swiss Cottage
area demolished his TX1 taxi. Now fully recovered from his accident, Lee explained to Call Sign the circumstances surrounding the incident. "It was midnight and I was travelling west along Adelaide Road NW3 with a passenger on board and approaching a green traffic light at its junction with Primrose Hill Road. As I was crossing the junction, a white Transit van came flying over the intersection heading northbound from Primrose Hill Road and hit my cab broadside along the nearside doors. I only remember seeing a white flash of light and a loud bang." Taking a deep breath as the memories came flooding back, Lee continued: "At that same moment, I recall hearing my female passenger screaming as we spun 180° in the roadway with the force of the impact. Several witnesses came forward, including a couple of motorists who had been stationary at the very same red traffic light that this idiot had crossed! Once I realised that thankfully neither I, nor |
 my passenger were seriously hurt, I managed to calm the young lady down and also got myself together. Mind you, it was three days before I got back onto a cab," he said thoughtfully. "Seeing the damage to my cab and the force of the impact, I firmly believe that it was the strength of the vehicle we drive which saved both our lives," Lee added. "The central door pillar and both front and rear floors of the cab buckled under the impact and my passenger was sitting in the near-side seat, so her legs were very close to that caved-in rear door and could have been crushed as the van hit us," he speculated. "That we survived such a force is testimony to the strength of LTI’s product," he beamed! "I’ve got a brand new TX4 now and my advice to everyone is to avoid white van man at any time of the day!" ã Call Sign Magazine MM7 |
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